Sara's life this fall has been all things cheer and homecoming. Of course it's been so fun to continue to watch her on the sidelines, and also to watch her team improve as they prepare for competition. I'm proud of Sara for doing a great job rising to the occasion as Captain.
JV football is currently undefeated, which has definitely added excitement to the season!
Best of times and best of friends. 💙
The squad has spent several mornings at elementary and middle schools, and had amazing turnout for their clinic a few weeks ago.
They've also done multiple pep rallies between Shepton and Jasper. I'm always thankful that the coaches send us plenty of pictures from those events!
In September the team did a "gold out" for childhood cancer. Through my secretary at work, I was able to the donation of gold poms and shirts from an organization that is dedicated to raising money for research. Of course now we're in pink out for October, but it was nice to support the gold cause too!
Sara and Zach started dating back in August around the time school started, and they were super excited to go to Sophomore Homecoming together.
They did their mum and garter exchange on a Sunday evening after Sara had been at cheer practice for five hours. These two are so busy, so we had to squeeze it in and it was a fun way to kick off HOCO week.
Plano West HOCO Parade (Emma and I left after the cheer float to get to softball - always on the run.)
The HOCO pep rallies were glow themed! The squad did a dance with glow sticks and it looked really cool. During one of the performances, the music stopped mid-way through, but they just kept going. It was neat to hear the crowd's response - a bunch of cheering and clapping to encourage them on.
HOCO Game
It was the second week in a row that the team came from behind and won by one. The kids and fans were so excited!
Grandma was in town for the weekend and got to enjoy all the celebrations.
HOCO day was busy! Sara had her volunteering, Emma had soccer, we picked up the boutonnière, got some cute appetizers ready, got ourselves ready ... lots of excitement and special memories.
Steve had to do a tutorial on putting on the boutonniere.
Cute couple.
My gorgeous girl.
Grandma and her girls.
Sara and Zach went to Shepton's dance, so Sara was without her usual group of girlfriends. She adjusted and they had a great time at dinner and the dance. Afterwards, they hung out here and watched a movie and some football.
Although football season will wind down in the next several weeks, cheer is ramping up with competition coming. Sara is giving it everything she's got to juggle her schoolwork, actual work, extra curriculars, driving practice, and social life. It's not easy - she is SO busy and while she usually handles it fairly well, there have been tough moments for sure. She's in the teenage thick of it and I'm just trying to soak it all in!
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